Category Archives: Microsoft Project 2013

Resource Calendar and weekend!

  Hi, Again, I have a question from one of my Blog readers: “Nenad, I’m new to MS Project and really appreciate information on this site. I have a question regarding your post “Resource vs. Task Calendar in MS PROJECT … Continue reading

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Task 0 in MS PROJECT 2016

  Hi, This post will be short, but very useful. I have a question from one of my Blog Readers: “Hi Nenad,I discovered hat my task number usually starts from 1 instead of 0.Kindly assist on this.” I will show … Continue reading

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Work assigned to Tasks vs. Work assigned to resources and Task Types in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi. Today I will show you what happens when you put work in hours to the Tasks, and then assign Resources to the Task, using MS PROJECT 2016. Firs II ‘m going to create new Project: As you can see, … Continue reading

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Duration, Work and Units relation with no Resources assigned

Hi, I have a question from my Blog Reader: “If you are not using resources in the scheduling, should you always just leave the Effort Driven box unchecked?” I will answer this question right away: “”It doesn’t matter. Effort driven … Continue reading

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How to calculate work, and then fix it in IN MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, friend of mine has a Specific problem. He wants MS PROJECT. I will show you this problem with MS PROJECT 2016! Project has one Task: Resources are: As you can see there are Workers with 800% capacity, Laborers with … Continue reading

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How to change Task Finish date when Task has fixed amount of Actual work in MS PROJECT 2016

  Hi, friend of mine got a problem. He has Task in which he wants to put Actual work and Actual Finish date for the Task, but he got odd result. Let me show you a problem with MS PROJECT … Continue reading

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How to delete all dependencies for one Task in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, for the last post in this year I choose to show you a very simple Trick. What if you have one Task with multiple Tasks dependencies, and, for some reason you want to remove those dependencies in one step. … Continue reading

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Manually Scheduled Tasks and Resource Calendar in MS PROJECT 2016!

Hi, today I’ll show you how Manually scheduled Tasks are affected by Resource Calendars in MS PROJECT 2016! First I will create a simple project with only one Task in manually scheduled mode: Now I’m going to create John as … Continue reading

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Replacing Generic Resources with Human Resources and overallocation!

Hi, I’ve got a question from one of my Blog readers: “When I assign Generic Resource to a Task and then replace it with human resource how can I decrease availability of generic Resource?” I will show you that in … Continue reading

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“Keep task on nearest working day when changing to automatically scheduled mode” option in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, a lot of my Blog readers asked me about “keep task on nearest working day when changing to automatically scheduled mode” option in MS PROJECT! I will show you what is it, and how does it work in MS … Continue reading

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